Steve Zaillian, Mandate nab 'Close'

Screenwriter Jens Assur to direct the dramatic thriller

Steve Zaillian and Mandate Pictures have purchased Swedish photojournalist Jens Assur's screenplay "Close Far Away" for their new production co-venture Film Rites.


Assur is attached to direct the dramatic thriller for the shingle, which has a first-look deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment. Set in Europe, Africa, and the U.S., "Away" follows several characters put into vulnerable situations whose actions carry global consequences.


Zallian will produce the feature and Nathan Kahane will executive produce. Film Rites' Garrett Basch brought in the project and will oversee it with Mandate's Nicole Brown.


Assur won the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival best narrative short award for his writing and directing debut, "The Last Dog in Rwanda." Mandate's Dan Freedman brokered the deals on behalf of Film Rites.

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Fall Out Boy talk about their new album

Fall Out Boy have revealed they have been thinking about making a new album.

The band are keen to start on a new record, and were discussing it at Pete Wentz and 's recent wedding, but there's no definite release schedule in place as yet.

The American pop-rockers are keen to get back in the studio though.

The band's guitarist, Patrick Stump, told [url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003810682] Billboard.com[/url]: "It's one of those things music-wise where the band is really not talking about a record yet, but we're itching to do one."

He added: "Actually at the wedding we were like, 'We should do another record.' But I never want to mislead people."

Stump revealed the band have plenty of material to pick from.

He said: "So it's weird, because there's been rumours of us doing out next record for a long time, but it kind of comes from a misunderstanding about how we work because we're always writing. We've had material since 'Infinity On High' dropped."

Stump also added that any new material would sound different from any previous records.

He said: "I don't want to be overly vague, but whenever we do another record, it'll be different from the last one, and it's going to be different from the last three. I think the new stuff will have a lot of freedom on it, and it's going to be our first plain old record in a while."

The band may even be playing some gigs this year, and Stump hinted: "We always end up playing somewhere. I don't think we want to get rusty, and we're not going away for any length of time."

Babyshambles Review The Kills, Portishead And We Are Scientists: Singled Out!

In the editor’s chair for this weeks Singled Out! is Babyshambles drummer Adam Ficek.



When he stopped by the Gigwise office last week, we gave him five new releases by acts, including, We Are Scientists and Portishead, and this is what he thought.



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When you’ve read through the feature let us know what you think by posting a comment at the bottom of the page.



You can also rate this week’s new releases by voting in our poll.



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Gisele: Tom's Bitch for a Day

How's this for ass backwards: Yesterday in NYC, Gisele Bundchen actually did something nice for her errand boyfriend -- and took his parents around the city after he took off for Beantown.






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Towering sculptures to pay tribute to Naomi Campbell

Hot-tempered supermodel Naomi Campbell is to be immortalised in a series of larger-than-life sculptures.

The Waterboys

   
Artist: The Waterboys

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   Rock: Folk-Rock
   Other
   Indie
   Rock: Folk
   

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Discography:


   
 Book of Lightning

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 10


   
 Fisherman's Blues: Collector's Edition-Remastered

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 27


   
 Fisherman's Blues, CD2

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 14


   
 Fisherman's Blues, CD1

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 13


   
 Karma To Burn

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 13


   
 This Is The Sea (Disc 2)

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 14


   
 This Is The Sea (Disc 1)

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 9


   
 A Pagan Place (Remaster)

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 14


   
 Too Close to Heaven

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 10


   
 Rock in the Weary Land

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 14


   
 A Rock in the Weary Land

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 12


   
 Live Adventures of the Waterboys

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 18


   
 The Whole of the Moon: The Music of the Waterboys and Mike Scott

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 16


   
 The Whole Of The Moon

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 16


   
 Fishermans Blues

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 11


   
 The Secret Life of the Waterboys 81-85

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 15


   
 Alive On The Inside

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 16


   
 Dream Harder

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 12


   
 The Best of the Waterboys 1981-1990

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 12


   
 Room to Roam

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 17


   
 Unleashing The Tethered Ones

   Year: 1987   
Tracks: 9


   
 Live At Glastonbury '86

   Year: 1986   
Tracks: 9


   
 This Is The Sea (CD2)

   Year: 1985   
Tracks: 14


   
 This Is The Sea (CD1)

   Year: 1985   
Tracks: 9


   
 This Is the Sea

   Year: 1985   
Tracks: 9


   
 A Pagan Place

   Year: 1984   
Tracks: 14


   
 First Album

   Year: 1982   
Tracks: 8


   
 Mis Rarezas

   Year:    
Tracks: 37

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Rowling pens Potter prequel for charity

The secret of what happened before boy wizard Harry Potter went to Hogwarts will be revealed through the unusual channel of a charity auction next month.

Ice Cube - The Turtles Sue Over Ice Cube Song

American rock group THE TURTLES are suing their former label Capitol Records for breach of contract and copyright infringement, after a song they claim to have written was sampled by rapper ICE CUBE in 1990.

The Turtles' founding members Mark 'Flo' Volman and Howard 'Eddie' Kaylan, otherwise known as Flo + Eddie, claim executives at Capitol reneged on an agreement to pay royalties for the use of their song Buzzsaw - which appeared in part on Ice Cube's Jackin' For Beats, from his EP Kill At Will.

In legal papers obtained by website TMZ.com and filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday (13May08), Volman and Kaylan allege they entered a deal with Capitol bosses in December 1990 regarding Buzzsaw, which covered royalty payments for the track.

However, the pair claim they have not received anything from Capitol, despite the release of various albums and compilations featuring Ice Cube's version of the track in the years since 1990.

The duo, best known for The Turtles' 1967 hit Happy Together, are seeking a minimum of $25,000 (GBP12,500) in damages - and have placed a maximum settlement figure of $70,000 (GBP35,000) on their complaint.

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Auburn J Druid

   
Artist: Auburn J Druid

   Genre(s): 
Easy Listening
   

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Discography:


   
 The Shamanic Power Animal Journey

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 9

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Abc - Speed Network Garners Its Best Ratings Ever

The Speed Network turned out to be the highest-rated cable network Saturday from
7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. as it carried the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. Its 3.74 household
rating also set an all-time rating for the cable network, beating the 3.53 rating
for the same race a year ago. The telecast peaked in its final half hour with a 4.75.
With 4 million viewers tuning in, the Speed Network drew more viewers than broadcast
networks ABC or NBC.

21/05/2008

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DJ Nec

   
Artist: DJ Nec

   Genre(s): 
Drum & Bass
   

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Discography:


   
 Urban Vibration

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 13

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Subtle

   
Artist: Subtle

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   Rap: Hip-Hop
   

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Discography:


   
 For Hero: For Fool

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 11


   
 New White

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 11

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Formed in 2001 when Amoeba Music record store employees and musicians Jel (Jeffrey Logan) and Doseone (Robert Adam Drucker) -- wHO already made up the Anticon dance band Themselves -- started playing with Dax Pierson, clicking well-nigh outright. Soon they invited woodwind player Marty Dowers, guitar player Jordan Dalrymple, and violoncellist Alexander Kort -- all of whom Pierson had antecedently played with -- to join the mathematical group, and Subtle (with Jel on percussion section, Pierson on keys and autoharp, among early instruments, and Doseone on vocals) were born. After a couple of 12" releases and some EPs, A New White was released on Lex Records in 2004. Tragedy smitten the band in February the adjacent year when their go van slipped on black ice, paralyzing Pierson from the chest down. Still, Subtle pushed forth, issue the remix and collaboration EP Wishingbone in 2006 and signing to EMI, which released the group's soph uncut, For Hero: For Fool -- which included vocal and harmonica exercise from Pierson -- in alignment with Lex later that same year, with a companion slice, Cry & Ice, out in late 2007.





Gert Emmens